Friday, October 5, 2007

Letter, Tech Talk 2.5, and Warm-Up





Warm-up
ANALOGY/WORD QUIZ
PARCHEESI : GAME :: jazz : _____
1. musicians
2. harmonious
3. music - correct answer
WORD
acme
You would probably say that the acme of Benji's career was when he
1. was rescued from an animal shelter.
2. retired and let his pups take over acting
3. became a movie and television star. - correct answer

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Analogy/ Warm-Ups for the week:

10-04-2007
ANALOGY/WORD
TOE : FOOT :: roof : _____
1. cover
2. house - correct answer
3. sky

feral
Because our little Puss-Puss is a feral cat, she can seem
1. wild as a tiger. - correct answer
2. smart as a whip.
3. timid as a mouse.

10-03-2007
ANALOGY?
CAKE : BATTER :: window : _____
1. home
2. glass - correct answer
3. view
Word Quiz
What does it mean?
perfunctory
Before leaving the house Sandy gave the dog a perfunctory hug—
1. it was a really hard squeeze.
2. it was a long-lasting squeeze.
3. it was just a quick squeeze. - correct answer.

10-02-2007
THE ANALOGY
SNEAKY : FORTHRIGHT :: generous : _____
1. giving
2. stingy - correct answer
3. surplus
What does it mean?
skulk
If you decided to skulk through the school, you might look like
1. a spy. - correct answer
2. a snob.
3. a kangaroo.

10-01-2007
HAIRBRUSH : BRISTLED :: _____ : mythical
1. real
2. dragon - correct answer.
3. ancient
Word Quiz
deface
Someone might deface a wall by
1. using spray paint to mess it up. - correct answer
2. hanging some nice pictures on it.
3. patching it, then applying fresh paint

Tech Talk 2.2, 2.3, 2.4

Tech Talk 2.2
1. What type of storage device is ideal to transfer data from one computer system to another?
Portable Storage (flash drives, tape drives, Zip drives).


2. What is one three-letter extension for a graphics file?
.bmp


3. What is a method of safeguarding data in the event of a virus or computer crash?
Back up files to a safe location.


4. What is the primary storage for most personal computers?
Hard drive.

Tech Talk 2.3
1. Name two examples of financial and accounting software.
Quicken, and Microsoft Money.


2. Name one drawback to upgrading software.
Incompatibility with older hardware and software.


3. Software applies rules, called ____, to data in a way that allows a computer to process information.
Algorithms.


4. Identify the part of the following filename that indicates the type of data it contains: 010106_MyResearchPaper.doc
It contains a document.

Tech Talk 2.4
1. The ____ is a network user (or computer) that connects into the network to request or order information from the server.
The client.


2. The ____ is a computer that works behind-the-scenes in a network to provide shared resources to network users.
The server.


3. Name two ways a client computer can connect to the network.
Clients connect to a network through a physical connection such as Ethernet, and can connect by other methods such as a modem. Infrared or wireless connections are used as well.


4. An Internet connection that supports a wide range of frequencies and multiple signals is known as ____.
Broadband.

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007


Finished Lesson 1, Unit 2.1, and

Finished Lesson 1!

1. How many bytes in a Terabyte (TB)? 1,000,000,000,000 bytes.

2. How many Kilobytes (KBs) in a 100MB file? 100,000 KBs.

3. How many bits are used in the word “computer”?
8+8+8+8+8+8+8+8= 64 bits.

4. Write your first name in binary.
R- 01000001
E- 01000101
B- 01000010
E- 01000101
C- 01000011
C- 01000011
A- 01000001